Definitions

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  • noun A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml

Etymologies

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mega- +‎ litre

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Examples

  • Rural residents in the small village of Zwelisha near Nelspruit have running water for the first time after the Mpumalanga government handed over a new 300 megalitre water reservoir on

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Natural Resources Minister Stephen Robertson said the 290,000 megalitre release was needed to make space in the dam to mitigate any further flooding, with heavy rain forecast until April.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The increase in peak bulk water prices, which will hit $2755 per megalitre in 2017/18, would be 17.8 per cent lower if the dam was excluded.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • SunWater plans to build the 374,000 megalitre capacity dam to service coal mines and associated communities around Moranbah, northwest of Rockhampton.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • SunWater plans to build the 374,000 megalitre-capacity Connors River dam to service coal mines and communities around Moranbah, northwest of Rockhampton.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Senator Wong was asked about Wimmera irrigators 'attempts to sell off irrigation entitlements to the Federal Government for $1600 a megalitre.

    Wimmera Mail Times - Front Page 2010

  • Give me a megalitre of concentrated nitric acid, Your Majesty, and I will dissolve Parliament for you.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2010

  • Senator Wong was asked about Wimmera irrigators 'attempts to sell off irrigation entitlements to the Federal Government for $1600 a megalitre.

    Wimmera Mail Times - Front Page 2010

  • Give me a megalitre of concentrated nitric acid, Your Majesty, and I will dissolve Parliament for you.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2010

  • Senator Wong was asked about Wimmera irrigators 'attempts to sell off irrigation entitlements to the Federal Government for $1600 a megalitre.

    Wimmera Mail Times - Front Page 2010

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